Weekday Cassoulet

Name: Weekday Cassoulet
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon, sliced into large lardons; 1 baguette, sliced, for serving; 1 bay leaf; 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, cut in 1/2 through the bone; 3 slices slightly stale or dried bread, pulsed into crumbs in food processor; 2 carrots, chopped; 3 celery stalks, chopped; 118 milliliters chicken stock; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 clove garlic, minced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 473 milliliters cooked Northern white beans; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 large onion, chopped; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tomato, sliced very thinly; 118 milliliters white wine

Weekday Cassoulet might be just the main course you are searching for. This dairy free recipe serves 4. One serving contains 1022 calories, 48g of protein, and 57g of fat. A mixture of northern beans, olive oil, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the bay leaf you could follow this main course with the Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse and dry the chicken well and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

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Oven

Let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.

In a large Dutch oven, over medium-low heat, add the bacon and slowly render the fat.

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Bacon

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Dutch Oven

Remove the bacon to a plate when crispy, leaving the fat in the pan. Raise the heat to medium-high and add the chicken, skin side down. Brown the chicken on both sides and then remove to a plate.

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Whole Chicken

Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add the onion, celery, carrots and garlic and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Deglaze the pan with white wine and reduce by half. Stir in the beans, bay leaf and thyme. Nestle the chicken thighs and bacon into the pot.

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Chicken Thighs

White Wine

Bay Leaves

Carrot

Celery

Garlic

Bacon

Beans

Onion

Thyme

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Pot

Add the chicken stock, cover and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

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Remove from the oven, remove the lid and top the cassoulet with sliced tomatoes and the Garlic Bread Crumbs. Return to the oven and bake, uncovered, 15 minutes longer.

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Breadcrumbs

Tomato

Garlic

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Oven

Serve the cassoulet with baguette slices.

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Baguette

In a small saute pan over low heat, add the oil and the garlic. Stir until the oil is fragrant, about 1 minute. Toss in the bread crumbs and cook until the bread crumbs start to turn golden, about 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and remove from heat.

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Salt And Pepper

Breadcrumbs

Garlic

Cooking Oil